UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IN MEDICINE

WHAT IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS ?

• An unaware bias,outside of our control
• Automatically making quick judgments and assessments
• People and situations
• Shaped by background, cultural environment and personal experiences

THE SCIENCE

SCIENCE:UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

• A rapid cognition that finds patterns and store soundbites of info
• Archaic reflexive system
• Aids in detecting danger
• Brain
• Brain triggers for reaction

THE DOMAINS

THE DOMAINS: UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

• Howard Ross "EveryDay Bias"
• "If you are Human, you are Bias"
• Constructive/Destructive
• Positive/Negative
• Warmth/Lack of Warmth

THE WORKPLACE

THE WORKPLACE: UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

• Letters of Recommendations
• Hiring/Promotion
• Retention/Attrition
• Workforce Culture

THE LETTERS

Letters of Recommendations

• Medical field remains more socially conservative
• Gender schema(Women&Men)
• The Other vs. The individual-(Underrepresented Groups of People)
• "The naming practices, length and gender identification, and negative language

SEX-LINKED FEATURE

Letters of Recommendations cont.

• Dept.Heads of Medical Colleges/More likely to Male
• Patients, Nurses, Assistants/More likely to be female
• Historical context still present

Case-study Greenburg et al. (1994)

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HIRING